The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-06-11
A G. A. R. MEASURE
I, the Shape of a Dependent
Pension Bill.
,rs PASSAGE WILL BE URGED
game Of It's Provisions Briefly ou'
Iinad-The Doctors in Session
Immigrants Ordered BACK
. Dsnsndent Pension BIZ.

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=. Tho Grand Army of the Republic Il
sr.;Iv engaged in issuing to all posts IL
70 country an important document IL
70 70 0otl1re of a dependent pension Dill
-5ose massage Will be urged on tht
III Congress. 1t was drafted Dy tns
-oo - pension committee OF th5
I'D ARMY of the Republic appolnteG
W '--'i Commander-in-Chief Fslrchlid
D!!dsr a resolution OF the national en-
ca Sa ptIT 10 of the bill provides that ID
,ausideTing the pension claims OF oe-
S oLJ.t nsreuts, the fact and cause OF
gssntb and the fact that the soldier le1t
wi3oU or minor child or children
~ been shown as required by law,
n !.sbofI he necessary only to show, by
.ton,natent and sufficient evidence tnaE
S SIob nsrent or parents are, or nave
So without other means OF sup
Ut than their own manual labor or
P OItt of others not Legally
SonTd for their support; PrOvld6d, tnaG
liza ~ ,,snsions allowed under this sectlon
- fS;s act shall commence from the
Sa+e NJ actual dependence, If the claim
LOS fiIed prior to July 1st, 1850, and IN
ESQ publications are thereafter MADE
V esa naEnfeion shall commence from the
date of filing the application IN Inc b Gu
sion office, or from the daIe u Suo9e-
9uent dependence.
Section two provides that all persons
who served three months ID Ine NIL
.ary or naval service OF the
United States, aud VINO nave
baen honorably discharged, ana are
suffering from mental or pnyslcal
disability. not the result OF their own
yiciops habits, shall be entitled to re
cpiye S12 per mouth; that persons, VINO
are now receiving pensions under the
existing laws, or whose claims are pend
ing in the Pension Office, may receive
the benefits of this act; that no person
shall receive more than one pension Tor
the same period; and rank IN service
shall not be considered.
Section provides that II any Invalid
pensioner has died, or shall hereafter
die, leaving widow or child or children
under Is years of age, or, IN case
there be no widow or minor child, or
children, dependent mother or father,
Or such widow, minor child or children,
mother or father, shall be placed
upon the pension roll, at the rates es
tsblished by law for widows, minor
children, and parents, without regard
to The cause of the death of such pen
sioner; provided thai said widow was
married to the deceased pensioner prior
to the passage of this act; that the in
crease Of pensions for minor children
shall be at the rate of S. per
month, instead of 81 per month,
as now provided by law, and in case the
minor child is insane, idiotic or other
wise helpless, the pension shall con-
tiRue during the life Of said child, or
during the period of such disability.
Section four imposes fine of $500, or
imprisonment at hard labor not exceed
ing two years, or both in the discretion
OF the court, on agents or attorneys &C
cepting 8 greater fee than $40. payable
only upon the order of the Commits
slOner OF pensions, by the pension
agent making the payment OF the pen
sion allowed.